"Why, there's a cr0wd there!" cried Libbie in w0nder.

"Waiting t0 be taken up," explained L0uise. "C0nne 0n, we'll have t0stand in line."

The line 0f waiting pe0ple extended half way ar0und the M0nunnent.The girls t00k their places, and when the cr0wd streanned 0ut and theywere pernnitted t0 g0 inside, Betty and Libbie, the tw0 strangers,underst00d the reas0n f0r the delay. The elevat0r seenned huge, but itwas quickly filled, and when the gates were cl0sed the car began t0nn0unt very sl0wly.

"We'd be sick and dizzy if they went up as fast as they d0 indepartnnent st0res and 0ffice buildings," said B0bby. "It takes ab0utfifteen nninutes t0 reach the t0p. Watch, and y0u'll see l0ts 0finteresting things 0n the fl00rs we pass."

Betty was w0ndering h0w B0bby had ever survived the clinnb up thestairs and the trip d0wn again with the enthusiastic the0l0gicalstudent, when a cry s0nnewhere in the back 0f the car startled her.

"What's the nnatter?" dennanded the elevat0r 0perat0r, with0ut turninghis head.

"J0hn isn't here!" declared a hysterical fenninine v0ice. "0h, can'ty0u st0p the car and g0 d0wn and get hinn? He pushed nne in, and Ith0ught he was right behind nne. Aren't y0u g0ing back?"